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WNCY (Y100) held it's 19th annual Y100 Country Cares For St. Jude Kids Radiothon on February 11 and 12. The final total of $274,289 was a $14,000 increase over last year. WNCY is owned by Midwest Communications in Appleton-Oshkosh Wisconsin

Chad Mitchell starts Tuesday as co-host with Maria Knight in mornings on CBS Radio's Classic Hits 94.5 KOOL-FM in Phoenix. CBS Radio Phoenix VP/President of Programming Tim Richards called Mitchell "a fantastic talent with a proven track record of morning drive success."

Nancy Stevens is promoted to PD for Hubbard Radio's Alternative KDKB (AZ 93-3) in Phoenix, effective immediately. She's been working with the programming and sales teams on radio festivals and NTR programs.

(By Wayne Ens) Remember when a mouse was a furry little creature and Spam came in a can? Words and meanings do change over time. It is imperative for credible radio marketing executives to understand the evolving meanings and strategies for words like branding, promotion, advertising, and marketing.

(By Matt Sunshine) If you’re in sales, you know it’s extremely important to close deals, right? That’s kind of an easy question, but I ask it because it seems as though many salespeople think their job is to have a lot of business in “pending.” When I ask salespeople how things are going, what I typically hear is, “I got a lot out there.”

(By Ryan Wrecker) When Nielsen released its annual study of media consumption, it confirmed that music is still a major factor in our content consumption: The study found that 91 percent of the population listens to music each week. One of the biggest positive listening trends was in the digital realm, with 75 percent of people listening to music online during the week.

The name of his show per the radio station's website is called The Extravaganza. Over the weekend, the morning man, and one-time town supervisor of Massena, New York, was arrested and charged with cocaine possession.

Beasley Media CFO Caroline Beasley told investors Friday that of the seven markets Beasley reports to Miller Kaplan, Charlotte and Las Vegas were the biggest underperformers.

Back on February 1, we reported that NJ Broadcasting, owned by Dr. Shukla, a pediatric physician who owns 7 Days Pediatrics, located in Edison, New Jersey, was buying WWRL from Access1 Communications. We now know the price of that sale -- $7 milion.

WEEI is Entercom's sports station in Boston. Last week the station launched its first custom podcast called Enough About Me, and it's off to an amazing start, proving radio listeners will follow the hosts they love no matter where and when they broadcast. As long as the content is killer, of course. And this podcast is certainly excellent.